There are penalties for taunting in the NBA:
If a player blatantly taunts an opponent, a technical foul shall be assessed. The opponent WILL NOT, automatically, be assessed a technical foul. His behavior will be the determining factor.
Simultaneous taunting is a verbal altercation. Verbal altercations and unsportsmanlike conduct will be administered as a double technical foul and no free throws will be attempted.
Technical fouls assessed to opposing teams during the same dead ball and prior to the administering of any free throw attempt for the first technical foul, shall be interpreted as a double technical foul.
A PLAYER(S) GUILTY OF TAUNTING MUST BE SINGLED OUT AND PENALIZED.
If a previous unsportsmanlike act has been committed and if this situation is BLATANT, a technical foul must be assessed and the guilty player(s) must be ejected.
And there are penalties for taunting in NCAA basketball:
Using profanity or vulgarity; taunting, baiting or ridiculing another player or bench personnel; or pointing a finger at or making obscene gestures toward another player or bench personnel. c. Inciting undesirable crowd reaction. PENALTY: Two free throws shall be awarded to any member of the offended team.
Taunting after the game is concluded does not seem to be covered, but the referees have a clear mission during the game. If trash talk doesn’t rise to the same level as taunting, it might need to be reviewed in the off season. Rules need to be clear, and the game needs to be controlled by the rules. Otherwise we have chaos.
If a player blatantly taunts an opponent, a technical foul shall be assessed. The opponent WILL NOT, automatically, be assessed a technical foul. His behavior will be the determining factor.
Simultaneous taunting is a verbal altercation. Verbal altercations and unsportsmanlike conduct will be administered as a double technical foul and no free throws will be attempted.
Technical fouls assessed to opposing teams during the same dead ball and prior to the administering of any free throw attempt for the first technical foul, shall be interpreted as a double technical foul.
A PLAYER(S) GUILTY OF TAUNTING MUST BE SINGLED OUT AND PENALIZED.
If a previous unsportsmanlike act has been committed and if this situation is BLATANT, a technical foul must be assessed and the guilty player(s) must be ejected.
And there are penalties for taunting in NCAA basketball:
Using profanity or vulgarity; taunting, baiting or ridiculing another player or bench personnel; or pointing a finger at or making obscene gestures toward another player or bench personnel. c. Inciting undesirable crowd reaction. PENALTY: Two free throws shall be awarded to any member of the offended team.
Taunting after the game is concluded does not seem to be covered, but the referees have a clear mission during the game. If trash talk doesn’t rise to the same level as taunting, it might need to be reviewed in the off season. Rules need to be clear, and the game needs to be controlled by the rules. Otherwise we have chaos.